Kenobi's Geography Challenge

[Ben Kenobi]

Don't tell him or he might pass the citizenship test! I'm blaming you, if Ben becomes a citizen.

You mean there aren't 360 Representatives? One for each degree of a circle? This guide *sucks*.

[Ben Kenobi]

Probably not. But my org has a lot of members from the east coast, so that's probably where I've come across it.

Interesting. I don't mind the joke, Ozzy. It's good to know what you do know and what you don't know and the things that you don't even know you don't know. I like finding out stuff about the US that I had no clue about that most folks do know.

[giblets]

How is it bad to convince Ben that Yale is in Danbury? I deserve a medal, I say.

It's really not that interesting because it involves Ben. His stupidity isn't funny anymore, it's just sad because he allegedly teaches children.

[Ben Kenobi]

it's just sad because he allegedly teaches children.

Have been for awhile now. The Ivy Leagues aren't exactly a big thing in TX. UT vs Texas Tech, vs the Aggies, vs the Frogs, and all the other paraphenalia, yes.

[Imran Siddiqui]

How did you both get Danbury, CT? I'd never heard of it. Is it famous for something that I don't know about.

Um... I'd imagine you, participating in so many religion debates would have heard of Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptist Association where he described the 1st Amendment putting a "wall of separation between church and state" (first time that phrase was used).

[Ben Kenobi]

Um... I'd imagine you, participating in so many religion debates would have heard of Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptist Association where he described the 1st Amendment putting a "wall of separation between church and state" (first time that phrase was used).

Well aware of the letter and it's content, but didn't draw on the connection between the letter and the town.

[Ben Kenobi]

Search engines are going to have fun with this thread.

[Berzerker]

How on earth did you get Harrington DE? I only knew that because I checked the map.

just guessing, Dothan Ala too... Had 10-12 left over and just started going on hunches. I kept thinking Saratoga was NY but I was convinced it was Carthage, doh

I got a few more on the updated list

[Provost Harrison]

The first one is wrong...it should be Barnstaple...and it is in Devon.

[Provost Harrison]

Barnstable - MA - See above - actually Devon
Bellevue - NE - That sounds a bit too French for my liking
Bellingham -WA - South East London. Just between Catford and Bromley
Bethelehem -PA - Middle East
Biddeford - ME - Bideford - again in Devon, again spelt incorrectly
Blythe - CA - I've stopped at services here on the A1(M). Nottinghamshire. Although spelt incorrectly again - Blyth.
Burlington -VT - We've probably got one of these.
Charlottesville - VA - Again, a bit French sounding.
Clifton - NJ - Bristol?
Danbury - CT - Might have one, sounds like it could exist but is a pointless place.
Dodge City - KA - We certainly don't have anything this unclassy sounding. Do you still have saloon bars and shoot each other at high noon there?
Dothan - AL - In Albania?
Dover - DE - Kent...you know, the ferry port. There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover. Of course bluebirds are North American so there are none over the white cliffs of Dover. You Americans never where that bright though I suppose
Elizabethtown -KY - I approve of this name...acknowledging your betters
Fairbanks - AK - Fair enough.
Fort Dodge - IA - On a serious note, I may have the pleasure of going here in a couple of years time
Fort Smith - AR - Is there a Fort Jones as well?
Gastonia - NC - I suffer from this after a curry the night before.
Greeley – CO - Sounds like a chav girl's name.
Hobbs - NM - Nothing interesting to say about this one.
Jefferson City - MO - Can't really be bothered any more.
Kingsport - TN - Kings play sport as well you know!
La Crosse - WI - Sounds far too French again. Wait, isn't this some poncy aristocratic game?
Lake Charles - LA - You don't have to honour this particular royal, Lizzie will do.
Lorain - OH - Sounds a bit French again, but you butchered the spelling.
Medford - OR - Or what?
Minot - ND - Frogs. You lot are obsessed with them.
Missoula - MT - Sounds more African.


Forget it, bored now

[Ben Kenobi]

I got a laugh. Thanks Provost.

[N35t0r]

Carthage - Tunisia

Before 149 BC only.